São Tomé Island, a jewel in the crown of the Gulf of Guinea, isn't just a haven for sun-seekers. Beneath its lush cloak of rainforests and cascading waterfalls lies a sleeping dragon – Pico Cão Grande, Portuguese for "Great Dog Peak." This isn't your ordinary mountain; it's a needle-shaped volcanic behemoth, a tower of solidified magma that thrusts nearly 400 meters skyward, a … [Read more...] about Pico Cão Grande: The Needle-Shaped Volcanic Cone That’s Almost Impossible to Climb